TFC Recruits
by ckeeze
TFC Recruits adds recruitable companions to a Forge setting built on Coin and TFC-style food, gear and horses, as a fork of TFCWorkers that keeps only the recruits.
What it does
The mod is a fork of TFCWorkers, rebuilt so that only the recruit part is kept and the worker features are left out. Recruits are hired with Coin, a precious metal currency, in place of vanilla emeralds, which are hard to obtain in that setting. Recruits eat TFC food, ride TFC horses and wear TFC gear, and they use heavy crossbows, longbows and EpicKnights weapons, which hit harder but need more time to reload.
Villagers can be obtained by curing zombies with a potion of weakness adapted to the setting, used as the substitute for the vanilla potion. Files are published for Forge only, across 1.20.1 – 1.20.5. Client and server both need the mod. The mod is still in initial development, so bugs and instability should be expected. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Coin-based hiring
Recruits are paid with Coin, a precious metal currency, instead of vanilla emeralds.
Setting integration
Recruits eat TFC food, ride TFC horses and wear TFC gear, and the anvil is used as in that setting.
Weapon use
Recruits use heavy crossbows, longbows and EpicKnights weapons, which hit harder but need more time to reload.
Villager curing
Villagers are obtained by curing zombies with a weakness potion adapted to the setting.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Recruits without workers
Players who want only recruits in a TFC world can use this fork, which leaves the worker system out.
Who it’s for: Players of the TFC setting who want companions with weapons and gear that fit it, and server owners who run that modpack on Forge across 1.20.1 – 1.20.5.
How it compares
Recruits Upgrades is a Forge option for 1.20.1 that is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, with client and server environment, but it is not open source. Commanders Vision X Villager Recruits Addon is client-side only, so servers run without it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TFC Recruits | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.5 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Recruits Upgrades | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-19 |
| No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
| Commanders Vision X Villager Recruits Addon | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-05-04 |
Questions
Does TFC Recruits need a TFC setting installed?
Does TFC Recruits have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does TFC Recruits support?
In the catalog
TFC Recruits is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 8,981 mods support Minecraft 1.20.5.
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What the author says
This is a fork of TFCWorkers without the Workers to allow people to use only the Recruits in their TFC worlds if they do not want to bother with the workers. DISCLAIMER: The Mod is still in initial development fase, expect bugs and instability!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tfc-recruits
- Owner
- ckeeze
- Published
- 2026-06-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15